Re: FOAF-like registry of individual database access rights

This type of functionality is already provided to some extent by the
'OpenURL' standard, and 'Link Resolver' software packages (such as SFX,
1-Cate etc.).
 
However, this type of implementation is usually done at an insitutional,
rather than personal, level.
 
You can get a more personal approach using COiNs (http://ocoins.info/)
and appropriate Firefox plugins which would allow you to point the
OpenURLs to a personal link resolver, rather than an institutional one,
but you would have to run your own personal link resolver for this to
work (you could  try the open source one from OCLC
http://www.oclc.org/research/software/openurl/default.htm or CUFTS
http://cufts.lib.sfu.ca/). However, the main challenge with OpenURL
packages is keeping journal details up to date. The technology is
relatively simple, but keeping track of exactly which articles you have
access to at any one time is a challenge - that's why this is usually
done at an institutional level.
 
Of course, this doesn't guarantee seemless access, because you would
still be prompted for a login to the database - I think someone else
mentioned Shibboleth as a possible way forward here. This sounds like a
better way to go that trying to squeeze authentication into FOAF.
 
Owen
 
Owen Stephens
E-Strategy Co-ordinator
Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham
Surrey
UK
TW20 0EX
Email: owen.stephens_at_rhul.ac.uk
MSN: owen.stephens_at_rhul.ac.uk
Tel: 01784 443331 
 

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From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Stiofan Perkins
Sent: 25 January 2007 14:13
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] FOAF-like registry of individual database access
rights


Mike:

FOAF already contains some data encryption abilities and linking, so I
am wondering if it could be modified to contain one's login and password
for your database access accounts.  I'd rather leverage the current
project than start another. ;^)

Regards,

SCPerkins


Mike Taylor <mike_at_INDEXDATA.COM> wrote: 

        Stiofan Perkins writes:
        > What I'd like to see is a FOAF-like system where I can
register my
        > database access rights and when I search, Google Scholar, or
        > WorlCat, or XXXXsearch, will be able to query the FOAF-like
file to
        > determine if I have immediate access rights to that search
result.
        >
        > Anyone want to take that on? Talis? OCLC?, LibraryThing?,
?????
	
        Well, sure!
	
        How much funding do you have?
	
        :-)
	
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